The English Reader; Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best Writers: Designed to Assist Young Persons to Read with Propriety and Effect; to Improve Their Language and Sentiments; and to Inculcate Some of the Most Important Principles of Piety and Virtue. With a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good ReadingEdward Little & Company, 1811 - Всего страниц: 254 |
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... moft amiable light and which recommend a great variety of moral duties , by the excellence of their nature , and the happy effects which they produce . Thefe fubjects are exhibited in a flyle and manner , which are calculated to arreft ...
... moft amiable light and which recommend a great variety of moral duties , by the excellence of their nature , and the happy effects which they produce . Thefe fubjects are exhibited in a flyle and manner , which are calculated to arreft ...
Стр. vii
... moft perfevering force of found , to that pitch of voice , to which in converfation we are accustomed . Whereas by fetting out on our highest pitch or key , we cer- tainly allow ourselves lefs compass , and are likely to train our voice ...
... moft perfevering force of found , to that pitch of voice , to which in converfation we are accustomed . Whereas by fetting out on our highest pitch or key , we cer- tainly allow ourselves lefs compass , and are likely to train our voice ...
Стр. viii
... moft obfervable in perfons who were taught to read in large rooms ; who were accustomed to stand at too great diftance , when reading to their teachers ; whofe instructors were very imperfect in their hearing ; or who were taught by ...
... moft obfervable in perfons who were taught to read in large rooms ; who were accustomed to stand at too great diftance , when reading to their teachers ; whofe instructors were very imperfect in their hearing ; or who were taught by ...
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... firm , and yet plaintive tone . The correct and natural language of the emotions , is not fo difficult to be attained , as moft readers feem to imagine . If we enter into the fpirit of the author's fentiments INTRODUCTION . XV.
... firm , and yet plaintive tone . The correct and natural language of the emotions , is not fo difficult to be attained , as moft readers feem to imagine . If we enter into the fpirit of the author's fentiments INTRODUCTION . XV.
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... moft , is always fartheft from reality . There are voices which fing around them ; but whofe ftrains allure to ruin . There is a banquet fpread , where poison is in every dish . There is a couch which invites them to re- pofe ; but the ...
... moft , is always fartheft from reality . There are voices which fing around them ; but whofe ftrains allure to ruin . There is a banquet fpread , where poison is in every dish . There is a couch which invites them to re- pofe ; but the ...
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